Re:Common-Knowledge Attacks on Democracy
by bmurphy1976 on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @06:02PM
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The information is coming at you regardless of your expertise. Those who don't have the expertise are at a distinct disadvantage to those who do. The tools may be good in the technical sense, but in the do they help normal people out sense they often are not. I would call that a bad situation, one we need to find creative and effective ways to remedy.
Re:Common-Knowledge Attacks on Democracy
by orbital-decay on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @06:48PM
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That's just... a fundamental limitation? I don't think there's a way for an unskilled ("normal") person to dissect and analyze the information outside of their understanding in a meaningful way, no matter how creative you get.
Re:Common-Knowledge Attacks on Democracy
by simonh on Thursday November 29, 2018 @06:13AM
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I think that's the point. It's not anybody's fault and it's not that anyone is doing anything wrong, it's just a problem we need to take into account and try to mitigate.
Re:Common-Knowledge Attacks on Democracy
by gambler on Thursday November 29, 2018 @10:51AM
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>That's just... a fundamental limitation? I don't think there's a way for an unskilled ("normal") person to dissect and analyze the information outside of their understanding in a meaningful way, no matter how creative you get.
This is discussed in depth in Augmenting Human Intellect:
Is it, really? There's a myriad of analytic tools for every imaginable domain, and even more domain-independent ones. You just need to be skilled enough to use them properly; not because the tools are bad, but because the analysis itself is hard, and even a seemingly simple problem usually needs abstract thinking and domain knowledge.